I ended up not riding Hub on Wheels, opting to sleep in instead of sight-see Boston on a bike, in the rain.

Saturday's Seacoast Century was a good one! Ethan and I departed Hampton Beach at 7:30am, heading for Newburyport, looping back to the Hampton Beach parking lot to shed some of the cold-weather gear - leg warmers, full-fingered gloves and winter beanies - and then headed towards Portsmouth. It was a nice fall day, the sun out in full force. This year's water stop, which is always at Fort McClary Park in Kittery, ME, sported a new bread for the pb&j sandwiches - multi-grain artisan bread! Very fancy!! The Team-In-Training guys and gals had some very interesting helmet-toppers this year. Most interesting was the team from Pennsylvania, who wore huge Hersheys Kisses souvenirs atop their lids. They quickly became known as the Kiss Heads. So I just had to change the lyrics to the song, "Fish Heads," to accommodate the Penn group! Lots of laughs!

At one point on the way back, I somehow lost track of Ethan, who I thought had dropped back a little, but it turned out that he was ahead. I stopped and waited, and wondered if he had a mechanical issue and gave a call and left a message. A few mintues later, he called me, to tell me that he was at the next turn off of 1A waiting for me. So a little mis-comunication for a moment, but other than that, it was a great ride with him!

That ride could use a few more Cyclopaths! Keep it in mind for next year!